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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. spoke to the families of Filipinos killed in the Hamas attack in Israel on Wednesday night and vowed to provide them with the help they needed.
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, the deputy mayor of Jerusalem, said Aguirre had the chance to flee during the attack but showed “loyalty by remaining at Nira’s side during the violence, resulting in both of them being… murdered by Hamas,” Nahoum said, referring to Aguirre’s employer. His parents Nick and Lilina told ABS-CBN their son was supposed to visit the Philippines in December for the first time since he started working in Israel five years ago.
In the wake of Saturday’s bloody attack and Israel’s swift response, many foreign nationals—including Filipinos—are stranded in Gaza, which is now under a complete blockade. “But there are other options to leave the Gaza Strip via Egypt. That’s currently another possibility,” Buzgan said in a press conference.The border of Gaza with Israel is sealed off, while its border with Egypt in Rafah was bombed by Israeli forces. That is preventing the Philippine government from repatriating the 70 Filipinos in Gaza who wanted to leave.
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